Animal husbandry – Milkers – Milking station arrangements; e.g. – parlors
Patent
1988-11-25
1990-12-18
Hirsch, Paul J.
Animal husbandry
Milkers
Milking station arrangements; e.g., parlors
119 27, A01K 112
Patent
active
049778560
ABSTRACT:
A rapid exit parlor system for milking cows, which includes a parlor frame mounted on a concrete floor having a centrally oriented milking pit, which frame includes at least one entry for receiving cattle in single file, multiple entry panels mounted on rotatable entry panel posts provided in spaced relationship in the parlor frame for guiding the cows into individual stall-like spaces or milking locations for milking purposes and a system of multiple, rapid egress roll gates for releasing the cows from the milking locations in concert. The system of roll gates terminates one end of the milking locations and a curved waste-collecting trough defines the opposite end of the milking locations. The Z-shaped roll gates are designed to rotate in concert when each milking operation is completed, to facilitate rapid egress of the cows from the milking locations and the roll gates are then rotatably repositioned for entry of additional cows into the rapid exit parlor system. Spaced divider boards serve to group the cows in a selected number of isolated milking locations to better facilitate ingress and egress of the cows to and from the rapid exit parlor system.
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Dairyland Automation, Inc.
Harrison John M.
Hirsch Paul J.
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